Special Populations One group of students that have struggled for equality in education is students with disabilities and impairments. Physical or mental disabilities may be defined as complex phenomenon of a person’s body or mental capacity that limits them from interacting with the features of the society that they live in (Knoblauch, 1998). A disability my include but is not limited to physical, cognitive, mental, sensory, emotional, developmental impairment or some combination of these. These impairments caused exclusion and segregation of many students in society and in the classroom. However, through hard work and determination, advocate groups and parent right groups were able to fight for rights of people with impairments.
Controversy exists in this early area of education because of recent education reform bills, such as No Child Left Behind Act (2001), the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, and Response To Intervention that have passed into law. As a parent with a special needs child, I am amazed by the difficulties my son and I had getting him approved for special education, even with a diagnosis from a doctor stating that he is autistic and would need special education. His needs were not being met in the standard classroom environment, and on most days he was not able to learn at all. The trouble with the new education reform stands with the fact that there is so much confusion about the changes in the laws and regulations, as well as an undereducated school system. Before we can understand what the laws of special education are and how they are affected by education reform, we must first understand what a learning disability is and how it is diagnosed.
There are a number of strengths and limitations of using unstructured interviews to study pupil subcultures. Pupils may be in articulate or reluctant to talk, so unstructured interviews give them time and space along with encouragement to work out their responses. However, younger pupils have a shorter attention span so they may find long unstructured interviews too demanding as they can be quite time consuming. They can take several hours each and pupils are restrained to their timetable. There is also the need for training and the interviewer needs to have a background into education increasing the cost.
They help all staff who are involved to be aware of their social, emotional and educational needs. They need to help the school to develop a PEP(Personal Education Plan). Schools should have policies and procedures in place that are in line with national policies to help Looked After Children, such as providing a strong pastoral support system, encouraging after school activities, minimising exclusion and providing a safe and secure learning environment. The SEN code of practice: 0 to 25 years is part of the Schools: statutory guidance. It refers to students who “has a significantly greater difficulty in learning....has a disability which prevents or hinders...making use of facilities...” (Department of Education website) It is the responsibility of the school to provide academic and social support and to make all school amenities available to SEN students.
Not every parent has the financial Stability to send their kids to schools with great education programs, as shown in waiting for Superman. So why should the innocent children be the ones being punished for something they Have no control over? By having more well educated people in the world it will make the environment a better place. The future needs to be thought about while changes and problems are being addressed. The school board and the people within the school systems need to have more caring feelings about those students who are being left behind.
Payne stated that students should learn the “hidden rules” of the middle class from their educators so that they have another set of rules to use if they choose to do so. Impoverished students, compared to students of middle or upper class, often have a lack of proper funding, thus, a lack of appropriate resources to use in their education. Due to this, they are often unprepared for school, not having the money to purchase books and other educational tools. Both authors realize this, but argue that the responsibility lies on different shoulders. Payne states that impoverished students face inequality at school, insinuating that the school should be responsible for helping to provide for these students so that they can have a better education.
2). Instead of searching for a better educational environment, students look for better tests numbers. Lang Wood goes on by stating “Students can easily become discouraged and negative about education in general, which affects their learning ability” (par. 2). In addition to what Lang Wood believes, Stephens claims, students who are taking the test suffer from stress in result of worrying about passing it.
For example it provides special education teachers and those the different assistive technologies preparing to become one. It also provides a list that are available for special need students. of professional course developments and IEP tools. Council for Exceptional Children http://www.cec.sped.org Council for Exceptional Children This website works to improve the success that http://www.cec.sped.org special needs students have in education. It The professional development part of provides a list of standards that should be met this website provides ongoing learning in the special education classroom and how opportunities for the special educator.
Nothing is more academically degrading than social promotion. According to the experts quoted in the prompt, the advancement of intellectually inadequate students has become a general custom for the greater good of the child’s self-esteem. Social promotion is unethical and should be applied appropriately. This kind of social promotion has caused many students to struggle with the enhanced work that they are given. Their inability to comprehend can possibly lead to stress and frustration thus developing behavioural issues.
Based on the recent ubiquity of standardized tests, it is clear that schools have promoted the former more than the latter. This push for conformity has been detrimental to students, who have suffered because of the lack of outlets to develop and express their individuality and creativity. Conformity in and of itself is not harmful to students. In fact, if applied correctly, it can be very helpful to their development. Some conformity — things like basic rules and an organized classroom — is helpful to students because it creates an environment conducive to